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• Want to find a local sporting organisation?

  Check out the online Community Directory and search under the 'Sport and Recreation' heading. Click here to access the directory.
  

• Weekly activities at the Mansfield Sports Complex

  The Mansfield Sports Complex is home to a wide array of local sporting clubs and fitness related activities.

  Check out the list below and give the contacts a buzz if you'd like to get involved.

  Badminton

  • Thursdays 12.30pm - 2:00pm
  • Contact MACE - Ph: 5775 2077    Email: info@mace.org.au
  • Contact Denise on 0417 058 400 to register your interest.

  Basketball

  • Training and competition
  • Contact Karen - Ph: 0439 343 914    Email: basketball@mansfield.vic.au

  Gymnastics

  • Tuesdays, after school
  • Contact Therese - Ph: 0429 950 261    Email: ktwaters@iinet.net.au

  Lifeball

  • Retain fitness, movement and coordination.
  • Contact MACE - Ph: 5775 2077    Email: info@mace.org.au

  Pilates

  • Great exercise for general fitness, core strength and flexibility.
  • Contact Allison - Ph: 0417 319879    Email: allison@alphamyotherapy.com.au

  Mixed Netball

  • Spring Competition, run from the end of Sept through till mid December on Sunday nights.
  • Contact Inspire Sports Group on 0408 964 817

  The complex is located next to the football oval near the centre of town and can be hired by sporting clubs, community groups or fitness professionals.

  To book the stadium or drama room, or for any other enquiries phone Jade Heinrich, Sport and Recreation Officer on 0428 587 812 or at the Complex on (03) 5775 2621

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Mansfield Recreation Reserve Redevelopment

  Council is working with the community and Mansfield Football-Netball Club to undertake a major upgrade to improve the layout, amenity and general usability of the town’s major social, sporting and recreational hub – the Mansfield Recreation Reserve.   

   

  Detailed design and documentation has been completed for the rec reserve redevelopment. At the December 2012 Council meeting recommendations were endorsed by Council to progress the scope of works with a preferred contractor and volunteer and in-kind support coordinated by the Mansfield Football Netball Club. Funding applications are still pending for specific oval works

   

  New fully self contained solar LED lights have been installed at the Mansfield Township Playground as an element of the rec reserve redevelopment. Further lighting will be installed around the sporting complex and swimming pool. The funding for the lights was provided by a grant obtained from the Department of Justice to improve community safety.

   

  Stages still to come include;

  • enlargement of the oval
  • improvements to oval access
  • new surface and base to the competition netball court
  • construction of a new second netball/basketball court
  • construction of tiered spectator seating to the south of the oval
  • alterations to parking within the Reserve (with some loss of informal parking space).

  The project has gained in-principle approval from the Mansfield Recreation Reserves Advisory Committee at a special committee meeting on May 19, 2010

• Mansfield Recreation Reserves Advisory Committee

  The Mansfield Recreation Reserves Advisory Committee aids Council with the management of the Mansfield Recreation Reserve and the Lords Reserve by providing recommendations to Council on:

  • management and development of the Reserves;
  • maintenance requirements;
  • protocols for bookings; and
  • promotion of the Reserves.

  Feel free to contact the current committee members listed below if you have any thoughts or suggestions.

  • Ken Cousins (Lords Reserve rep)
  • Bo Christopher (Lords Reserve rep)
  • Heather Mahoney (Mansfield Recreation Reserve rep)
  • Kate Barnett (Mansfield sporting complex and pool management rep)
  • Ross Gray (Mansfield Secondary College rep)
  • Paul Volkering (Mansfield Primary School rep)
  • Colleen Reynolds (community rep)

• Sport & Recreation Projects

  Here are a few of the projects that Council has worked with local sporting clubs to get happening in recent times.

  Lords Reserve facilities upgrade: installation of long jump pits, storage shed and turf wicket square. (In partnership with the Australian Government, Delatite Cricket Club, Litte Athletics, Junior Football, Junior Cricket, Mansfield Soccer, Mansfield Secondary College and Mansfield Primary School.)

  Coaching and Officiating project: Mansfield Shire has successfully been selected as the only rural area to receive a unique state funded coaching and development program for all clubs. Sporting clubs within the Shire will have the chance to be part of the project rolling out in 2013. The project will aim to develop coaches and officials in various ways through educational sessions, workshops and specific training. For further information please call Jade Hottes, Sport and Recreation Officer on 5775 8529

   Act Belong Commit: Act-Belong-Commit is a comprehensive health promotion campaign that encourages individuals to take action to protect and promote their own mental wellbeing and encourages organisations that provide mentally healthy activities to promote participation in those activities. For more information contact Jade Heinrich, Sport and Recreation Officer on 5775 8529

• Council contact person

  If you have any sport and recreation related questions feel free to contact Jade Heinrich, Sport and Recreation Officer in the Community Development Officer unit on 0428 587 812 or 5775 8529 or at the Complex on

  (03) 5775 2621

• Sport and Rec News

  COACHING AND OFFICIATING PROJECT- VICSPORT

  Please see a list of upcoming courses below:

  Presenting and Communication skills workshop: Sunday 5th May, 1-4pm at Mansfield Football Clubrooms

   

  Would you like to improve on how you deliver a key message? Do you feel like sometimes you dont communicate effectively to players/coaches/club personnel? Come along to this workshop to sharpen up on those skills.

   

  Conflict Resolution workshop - Monday 6th May, 6pm-9pm at Mansfield Football Clubrooms

  How often have you run into a situation, which you dont quite know how to handle? As a coach and an official we often face situations that are not easy to manage and people can become aggressive in the heat of the moment. This workshop will talk about the management of this and how to implement policies within your club/organisation.

   

   

   

   

  If you or anyone at your club/group are interested in attending please let Jade Heinrich know on 5775 8529 or via email: jade.heinrich@mansfield.vic.gov.au

   

   

  COME AND TRY BADMINTON NIGHT!

  Mansfield Shire Council invites all interested badminton players to come along on Tuesday 30th April and have a hit with free food/drink, spot prizes and giveaways! Please go the attachment for more information: Badminton come and try night FLYER

   

   

     

  Healthy sporting Environments ''Give your club the edge''!

  Sport and Recreation Clubs have the unique opportunity to be one of only 25 clubs across the Goulburn Valley to enrol in this innovative program.

  Clubs that participate in VicHealth's Healthy Sporting Environments program will strive to become healthier by addressing six preventable illness risk factors. Over the next two years, these clubs will be provided support to reduce harmful alcohol use, offer more nutritious options at the canteen, work to reduce spectators and players exposure to harmful UV, reduce smoking in and around the club grounds, manage and reduce injuries and increase the number of women, culturally and linguistically diverse people and indigenous people in local sport.

  If you would like to know more information about how your club can become a part of this innovative program to improve overall health at your club contact David at ValleySport on 5831 8456 or via email: david@valleysport.net.au

• Newsletters

  Please see below editions of the Active Mansfield newsletter

  Newsletter Oct 2012

  Newsletter Nov 2012

  Newsletter Dec 2012

  Newsletter Jan 2013

  Newsletter Feb 2013

  Newsletter March 2013

  Newsletter April